Apparatus for dipping animals.



'J. A. WILLITS. APPARATUS FOR DIPPING ANIMALS.

Patented June 1, 1909.

JAMES A. WILLITS, OF ALEDO, ILLINOIS.

APPARATUS FOR DIPPING ANIMALS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 1, 1909.

Application filed February 18, 1909. Serial No. 478,571.

f all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. lVILLrrs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Aledo, in the county of Mercer and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and The tank is also preferably provided with a suitable inclinedpassage, way leading out of the same and 1nto the passage way 4.

are driven along the passage 1 and on to the floor 7, which is normally supported by the rollers 16 and 17 occupying a position slightly forwarl of the center of said floor, as is indicated in dotted lines Fig. 2.

rod joining said arms underneath said floor; and a pan of rollers on said rod and constituting a shifting support for said floor, The operation of my 1mproved hog or animal dump is as follows :The animals.

substantially as described.

a. In an apparatus for dipping animals,

useful Improvements in Apparatus for Diphen the floor is subjected to sufficient ping Animals; andI do hereby declare the i weight forward of its shifting support following to be a full, clear, and exact deformed by the rollers 16 and 17, the said scription of the invention, such as will en- Z floor descends, and the said shifting support able others skilled in the art to which it retreats against the tension of the springs appertains to make and use the same. 3 11 and 12, as indicated in full lines Fig. 2.

My invention relates to apparatus for dip- This action causes the animals which were ping animals, and has for its object to pro at first behind the shifting support to lend 'vide an inexpensive and an eficient auto- 1 their weight to those in front of it, and

- matic dump especially adapted for bathing therefore when the floor once begins to tilt,

hogs or other animals in a chemical solution 1 it rapidly and evenly slides all the animals in order to treat certain well known diseases 1 into the bath below. In other words, the which they commonly have. floor remains firm until it is loaded, when To these ends the invention consists in the the animals are evenly and rapidly slid into details of construction and combinations of the bath with as little fright as possible. parts more fully hereinafter disclosed and In some cases it is desirable to start the dipparticularly pointed out in the claims. ping with a less load than in others, and to teferring to the accompanying drawings accomplish this I may provide a string 25 forming-a part of this specification:Figure i or other means by which the shifting pivot 1 is a perspective view of my apparatus may be forced to the rear at any desired 0 complete. Fig. 2 a sectional view of the time. After the animals are dipped they automatic dump and tank, and Fig. 3 a a find their way out up over the passage 20, transverse sectional view of the dump alone. and along the passage 4.

1 indicates any suitable passage way; 2 1 What I claim is any suitable tank or container of a chemical 1 1. In an apparatus for dipping animals, 35 solution; 3 the solution therein; and 4: a the combination of a frame-work closed at suitable passage way leading from the tank I one end and open at the other; a floor for 2. Above the tank is located the dump said frame work; a permanent pivot for said proper consisting of a frame work having a floor at said open end; and a shifting sup 5 closed end 6, and a bottom 7 pivoted at 8. 1 port for said floor adapted to travel toward Pivot-ally attached to the framework 5 are said open end, substantially as described. two arms 9 and 10, controlled by the springs 2. In an apparatus for dipping animals, 11 and 12 also attached to the frame work the combination of a frame work having a at their upper ends and attached at their i closed and an open end; a floor in said frame lower ends to lugs 13' and 14 on the arms, work pivoted to the same at its open end; an as shown. arm attached to said frame work and ex- A rod 15 preferably joins the extreme tending beneath the floor; a roller attached lower ends of the arms underneath the botto said arm and supporting said floor; and a tom 7, and is provided with rollers 16 and spring controlling said arm and roller, sub- 17 upon which said bottom is supported. stantially as described. Each of the rollers has a flange 18 extend- 3. In an apparatus for dipping animals. ing up between the outer edge of the bottom 5 the combination of a frame work having a d th i id 11 f th fra hich closed and an open end; a floor in said frame serve to guide the rollers in their travel nwork pivoted to the same at its open end; a

: 1 th b tt as ill b dily d sto d, pair of arms attached to said frame work; a 10 the combination of a. frame ork having a closed and an open end; a floor in said frame Work pivoted to the same at its open end; a pair of arms attached to said frame Work; a rod joining said arms underneath said floor a pair of rollers having flanges taking against the edges of said floor forming a shifting support and a pair of springs for normally keeping said shifting support for- Ward of the center of said floor. substantially 10 as described.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

V. C. S LLS. 

